Improvement in cultivators



J. T. BEVER.

Cultivator.

No. 51,286 Patented Dec. 5, 1865.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICEO JOHN T. BEVER, OF BETHEL, ILLINOIS.

IMPROVEMENT IN 'CULTIVATORS.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 51,286, dated December5, 1865.

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, JOHN T. BEVER, of Bethel, in the county of Morganand State of Illinois, have invented a new and useful Improvement inCultivators; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full,clear, and exact description thereof, reference being bad to theaccompanying drawings, making apart of this specification, of whichFigure 1 is a perspective view of my invention in practical form. Fig. 2is a detached view of the double hook or clevis with crossbars orflanges.

A A A constitute an inverting triangleframe with freely-working slotsand tenons at each corner. Said frame is held together by bolts '1) b bl), which also work easy. 0 O are handles, made fast in their center tothe rear bar, A, being double in their nature. When the frame isreversed theinterior points are necessarily thrown upon the exterior,thus being always suited to the relative condition of the frame andplows.

d d is a double hook or clevis with a crossbar or flanges, K K. Saidhooks act upon the same inverting principle and in unison with the frameand handles, as above described, when the order of the plows is beingreversed.

c e e e are uprights inserted in side bars, A A, made firm by braces orrods t' i i i, and containing the diamond or other turning plowbladesffff. Rods J J are used as braces to strengthen handles 0 0, beingunited to the rear bar, A.

The great novelty and utility of this invention and the grand featuresthat distinguish it from all others are, first, the invertingtriangle-frame containing four diamond or turning plows, which can beset to turn the dirt or furrows to or from the growing corn. Thisprocess is quickly and easily performed by removing the rear left-handbolt, 1), as the plows are set for turning out, then turning thedisunited parts of bars A A to the right and to the left until theyreunite again then by inserting the bolt 1) all will be in place readyfor operation, as before, except the order of the turning-plows isthereby changed.

Another novelty is the double hook or clevis and corresponding doublehandles acting in concert with each other when the order of the plows isbeing reversed, thereby always affording facilities to hitch to andhandles to guide by.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim, and ask to secure byLetters Patent,

1. The inverting triangle-frame A A A, constructed withfree-workingjoints or bolts 1) I) b b or their equivalents for thepurpose of reversing the order of the turning-plowsffff, substantiallyas and for the purposes set forth.

2. The double hook or clevis d d, with crossbar or flanges K K or theirequivalent, for the purposes herein specified.

3. The handles 0 O,in combination with the inverting triangle-frame A AA, as and for the purposes herein set forth.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto signed my name before twosubscribing witnesses.

. JOHN T. BEVER.

Witnesses:

JOHN B. PASLEY, JOHN PREWITT.

